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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Noon Hill Slack
Country: England County: Lancashire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bolton  Nearest Village: Horwich
Map Ref: SD64691499  Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.630238N  Longitude: 2.535417W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Noon Hill Slack
Noon Hill Slack submitted by LivingRocks : Noon Hill Cairn is surrounded by a double row of concentric stones, although much ruined these can still be located amongst the tufts of grass. The cairn was excavated in 1958 and finds including a cinerary urn are in the Bolton Museum (Vote or comment on this photo)
Noon Hill Cairn is surrounded by a double row of concentric stones, although much ruined these can still be located amongst the tufts of grass. The cairn was excavated in 1958 and finds including a cinerary urn are in the Bolton Museum. It was reportedly further damaged in 2019.

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Note: See the links in the comments on our page to archive photos of when Noon Hill was excavated in the 1950/60's and a 3D render of what the recovered urn looks like now.
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Noon Hill Slack
Noon Hill Slack submitted by LivingRocks : The View from Noon Hill looking towards the Winter Hill Cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Noon Hill Bronze Age Burial Cairn, Rivington by Andy B on Sunday, 11 September 2022
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On the edge of the summit of Noon Hill stands a Bronze Age burial cairn. Measuring some twenty-one metres in diameter, it is bounded by a stone kerb which encircles a mound. A cremated burial sat at the heart of the structure, and wooden posts were driven into the monument, encircling its stony core.

https://lancashirepast.com/2022/08/19/noon-hill-bronze-age-burial-cairn-rivington/
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Re: Noon Hill Slack by SeanTither on Friday, 11 March 2022
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Found another 3D render of Noon Hill Mound...

https://skfb.ly/H8KX

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Re: Noon Hill Slack by SeanTither on Thursday, 23 December 2021
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Have been doing a bit digging about, and found some little gems about Noon Hill.

Below is a link for archive photos of when Noon Hill was excavated in 50/60's.

https://gifyu.com/album/u9z (original site no longer up)

Below is a 3D render of what the recovered urn looked like..

https://skfb.ly/6xuXv

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    Re: Noon Hill Slack by Andy B on Thursday, 23 December 2021
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    Hello Sean,
    Thanks very much for sending these in, I have put this site on our front page.
    Could you send in some photos of the recent damage. Is the damage to the main cairn or the walkers' cairn on top?
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Re: Noon Hill Slack by MichaelRearden on Tuesday, 28 May 2019
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Was up there today. Cairn had been badly vandalised and the stock fence along the side of the access track had been vandalised in many places ie wire fencing had been cut making the grazing land open to trespass and dogs. The monument itself seems to have been untouched by last years big moorland fires amazingly.... it seems to have stopped..or been stopped only yards away from the burial mound. The rest of the moor where the fires were is now covered in cotton grass giving a spectacular view towards Rivington Pike and Winter Hill.....miles and miles of it. 28/5/19
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Re: Noon Hill Slack by SeanTither on Tuesday, 19 March 2019
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I too also have been visiting the area for years. I'm up there most weekends, just to get away for a few hours. What causes me most pain, is the fact that the Noon Hill cairn is vandalised on a regular basis. I have rebuilt it personally several times, only to return and find all the stones scattered about. I even witnessed some chap kick it all down, but I was some distance away, therfore unable to make my anger known. As of 19/03/2019 the cairn is in a sorry state, I shall return shortly...
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Re: Noon Hill Slack by Anonymous on Tuesday, 19 July 2005
im 52 years old and ive been visiting noon hill and surrounding area since i was 9.it still has me in awe everytime i visit it,in any type of weather at any time of the year.its well worth the hard slog to get to noon hill just for the solitude and the view.give it a go,its well worth it.
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